ENGLİSH EXAM POINT: /70

READING PART Point: /20

Reading text: Robot teachers

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers
at the top of the list. It’s easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs
need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In
some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some
patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a
person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot
takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring
information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces,
movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each
student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the
ability to really connect with humans like another human can.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of
the world, there aren’t enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14
don’t go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach
anywhere and won’t get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the
world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is
not ‘Will robots replace teachers?’ but ‘How can robots help teachers?’ Office workers can use
software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars.
Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week
marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing
reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of thejob humans do best.

Task 1
Are the sentences true or false? (2.6=12 points)

Answer
True False
1. Most jobs seem as if they can be done by robots or computers.
2. Robots are always better at diagnosing illness than doctors. True False
3. Many experts agree robots will replace teachers by 2027. True False
4. One advantage of robot teachers is that they don’t need to rest. True False
5. Robot assistants could help teachers by marking homework. True False
6. Some teachers use robots to reduce their time answering emails and True False
marking homework.
Task 2
Choose the best answer. (2.4=8points)

1. It’s easy to think robots …

a. will replace people even if we don’t like the idea.
b. are more capable than people and it’s true.
c. can do less than people but it’s not always true.
2. Anthony Seldon thinks teachers in the future will …
a. help robots in class.
b. teach knowledge to students.
c. no longer exist.
3. Robots will probably never …
a. have human understanding of emotions.
b. be a popular choice for teachers.
c. be intelligent enough to work in education.
4. Some parts of the world …
a. pay robots to teach.
b. already use robots in teaching jobs.
c. have a shortage of teachers.

GRAMMAR PART Point: /50

A) Past Tense – Simple or Continuous : Fill in the correct form. (30 points)

1. George off the ladder while he the ceiling. (fall, paint)

2. Last night I in bed when I suddenly a scream. (read, hear)
3. TV when I you? (you watch, phone)
4. Ann for me when I . (wait, arrive)
5. Maisie up the kitchen when John her to marry him.
(clean, ask)
6. The house £ 150,000 in 2003. (cost)
7. The fire at six in the morning. (still burn)
8. My brother a new job a week ago (get).
9. Columbus America over 500 years ago (discover)
10. She not interested in the book because she it (be ,not
understand)
11. at school yesterday? (you be)
12. We in a house near the sea last summer (live)
13. She the piano very well when she young (can play, be)
14. She the office very early last night (leave).
15. I a friend while I the shopping (meet, do)
16. I for my things when I someone call my name (pay, hear)
17. I around and Judy. (turn, see)
18. She a bright yellow dress when I her last (wear, see)
19. We to have a cup of tea. (decide)
 20. While the waiter up the pieces of glass he his finger (pick, cut)
21. Then we the cafe and good bye (leave, say)
22. I the fire at six and it brightly when Tom came in at seven.
(light, still burn)
23. My dog along quietly when Mary’s Pekinese him. (walk,
attack)
24. When I she lunch. She said she always lunch at
12:30. (arrive, have, have)
25. What of his last book? –I it a lot (you think, like)
26. He suddenly that he in the wrong direction. (realize,
travel)
27. He guitar when someone the window and
out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)
28. He us to go out in the boat yesterday because a strong wind
(not allow, blow)
29. The next day, as they that the police for them, they
the coats in the woods and off in different directions.
(know, look, hide, go)
30. When I home they around a fire. Jack
a crossword puzzle, Judy and the others . Mother
at me and said : “ Come and sit down” (come, sit, do, knit, read,
smile)

B) Complete the sentences using a form of the future, future progressive or future
perfect. (20 POİNTS)
1. We _________________________ the room by the time you get back. (FINISH)
2. The phone is ringing. – I _________________________ and answer it. (GO)
3. I _________________________ tomorrow so we can go to the beach. (NOT WORK)
4. If you touch the stove, you _________________________ yourself. (BURN)
5. She _________________________ for the job that was advertised in the newspaper.
(APPLY)
6. Next week at this time we _________________________ in the sun in Spain (LIE)
7. My sister _________________________ in the USA next year. (STUDY)
8. The Pope _________________________ Turkey in November. (VISIT)
9. I _________________________ lunch with Mary at 12. (HAVE)
10.I don't think the exam _________________________ very difficult. (BE)
11.Jane _________________________ on her thesis for the next three months. (WORK)
12.By the time I arrive home, the workers _________________________ repairing my TV
set.(FINISH)
13.During the next century the climate _________________________ (GET)
14.The guided tour _________________________ the hotel at 8.25 tomorrow morning.
(LEAVE)
15.I think I _________________________ to bed early tonight. - I’m tired. (GO)
16.At this time next year, we _________________________ in our new house (LIVE)
17.What _________________________ if the firm gets reorganised? (HAPPEN)
18.We _________________________ to her whenever we get a chance (SPEAK).
19.They _________________________ married in June. (GET)
20.The headmaster _________________________ a new classroom next term. (OPEN)